You may earn a maximum of 3 points toward your final grade by doing the above and answering the questions and submitting them on time (no later than Friday, November 3). Any worksheets submitted after the deadline will get a 0. You will be rewarded a maximum of 3 points if I judge your work to be above average. You will receive 2 points if your work is average, that is it may have a few minor mistakes in some of the answers but demonstrates correct grammar and indicates that some, but not all, of the answers, are acceptable and well expressed. You will earn only 1 point if you simply answered the questions and/or if you use poor grammar and if there are signs that you have not read the material on which your answers are based.
1. Describe the stasis in the play: where, when, who, what, etc. in a paragraph.
The play opens to the Wasaychigan Indian Reservation in Ontario, Canada in the mid 1980s. Most of the play is set in this reservation, and it exists like a prison to the women the audience is introduced to. Seven women are the primary roles of this play, and their characters are introduced to us in the beginning of the play. Clearly they are discontent with their living situation. They all yearn for something greater and more interesting, because they feel trapped and marginalized on the small reservation.
2. What is the intrusion?
The intrusion occurs when the women learn of a major Bingo tournament. They see the tournament as their chance to make it big and have the ability to escape the poverty that many reservations fall into. The conflict that ensues from the discovery of this event defines the rest of the plot of the play. The wants of the women are based on this event, and they have to work together if they are going to make it. They have all discussed leaving the reservation, but now they actually have a reason to do it.
3. What is the unique factor?
This is the day the women decided to leave the reservation together. The bingo tournament gives them the encouragement to finally make the decision to defy the norms and adventure together. This is even more unique, because they are women. Women in their culture do not have the same freedoms, and often times they have to go against there own wants because they could face backlash from their community.
4. What is the dramatic question that should be answered by the end of the play?
Will the women make any profit from their trip? The trip and the money it could yield is the primary goal the women. It forces them out of their comfort zones, and they have to work together in new strange ways to come up with money to even make it tot he tournament. All the desires of the women are based on this question, and these desires make conflict.
5. Provide an illustration of the two kinds of exposition that the play has in it.
The women are all sharing in the common knowledge of one another, especially in the begging of the play. The women are close to one another, so they know many facts about act other's lives. These facts are not hidden from one another nor the audience. On the overhand, many are unaware of Zhaboonigan's sexual assault at the hands of two white men. She confesses this to the only male character in the play, Nanabush. There exists two realities, and Zhaboonigan does not want to mix the two because she does not want all to know about her traumatic experience.
6. Identify the most theatrical moment in the play and of what importance it seems to be.
The Bingo Game is the most theatrical part of the entire play. The women work up to this moment by raising money through other theatrical moments, but the bingo game itself is the most theatrical. This is the moment that defines the women and the play. The pulling of the colorful balls demands the attention of the audience. Also, lest we not forget how the audience participates in this integral scene. The audience is pulled into the show, and the theatrics breaks the fourth wall. This was a major shift in the story and also proclaims the characters have reached their goal.
7. List some of the themes of the play.
Gender: The play is of all women and their story. It details how women have the strength and devotion to get outside their comfort zones and do what they want in the world. They defy many social norms along the way.
Sexuality: The sexuality of Zhaboonigan is examined by herself. She always carries that traumatic night of the assault in her mind.
Social Norms: The world often constructs social norms that have no merit, and the women in the play defy many on their course for wealth and adventure.
8. What does the chief character want and what are some obstacles that stand in the way of her getting what she wants?
Zhaboonigan wants freedom. She wants freedom to forget about that horrible event and assault. She is constantly fighting her own mind, because it is her mind that brings the event to the forefront of her thinking. She is unable to forget. Also, she faces conflict and obstacles from the other characters. She feels as though people could judge her for wanting to forget it or become her own person This makes her feel conflicted and confined. Furthermore, Zhaboonigan must defy society as she fights to be the person she wants to be. She faces obstacles created by all of society, and all the women must defy social norms as they take charge in a "man's world."
9. Describe some possible images in the play and how does the title help us understand the play.
There exists in this place a living image. Nanabush acts as a living image in the play. He constantly takes on new personas, and he interacts with the women as they finish their quest to make it to bingo. The personas he takes on influences every scene the women are in. The shifting characters also showcase the women and the development software all their persons. They are becoming new people, and the new personas of Nanabush are revealing how the Rez Sisters are changing too.
10. Briefly define the family relationships that are examined in the play.
The idea of family is redefined in the play. The role of family is played by the women for each other. The play's title details this relationship. The women are as close as sisters. Their friendships and bonds run deep, and they feel as though are part of a larger family. I believe this bond is felt by others not he reservation.The reservation can be a tight knit community, and the women learn to accept each other for who they are. Thus, they are able to become close and turn into a family. They have similar wants and fears, but they all share the desire to explore and defy norms.
SLB Rez Sisters Questions
You may earn a maximum of 3 points toward your final grade by doing the above and answering the questions and submitting them on time (no later than Friday, November 3). Any worksheets submitted after the deadline will get a 0.
You will be rewarded a maximum of 3 points if I judge your work to be above average. You will receive 2 points if your work is average, that is it may have a few minor mistakes in some of the answers but demonstrates correct grammar and indicates that some, but not all, of the answers, are acceptable and well expressed. You will earn only 1 point if you simply answered the questions and/or if you use poor grammar and if there are signs that you have not read the material on which your answers are based.
1. Describe the stasis in the play: where, when, who, what, etc. in a paragraph.
The play opens to the Wasaychigan Indian Reservation in Ontario, Canada in the mid 1980s. Most of the play is set in this reservation, and it exists like a prison to the women the audience is introduced to. Seven women are the primary roles of this play, and their characters are introduced to us in the beginning of the play. Clearly they are discontent with their living situation. They all yearn for something greater and more interesting, because they feel trapped and marginalized on the small reservation.
2. What is the intrusion?
The intrusion occurs when the women learn of a major Bingo tournament. They see the tournament as their chance to make it big and have the ability to escape the poverty that many reservations fall into. The conflict that ensues from the discovery of this event defines the rest of the plot of the play. The wants of the women are based on this event, and they have to work together if they are going to make it. They have all discussed leaving the reservation, but now they actually have a reason to do it.
3. What is the unique factor?
This is the day the women decided to leave the reservation together. The bingo tournament gives them the encouragement to finally make the decision to defy the norms and adventure together. This is even more unique, because they are women. Women in their culture do not have the same freedoms, and often times they have to go against there own wants because they could face backlash from their community.
4. What is the dramatic question that should be answered by the end of the play?
Will the women make any profit from their trip? The trip and the money it could yield is the primary goal the women. It forces them out of their comfort zones, and they have to work together in new strange ways to come up with money to even make it tot he tournament. All the desires of the women are based on this question, and these desires make conflict.
5. Provide an illustration of the two kinds of exposition that the play has in it.
The women are all sharing in the common knowledge of one another, especially in the begging of the play. The women are close to one another, so they know many facts about act other's lives. These facts are not hidden from one another nor the audience. On the overhand, many are unaware of Zhaboonigan's sexual assault at the hands of two white men. She confesses this to the only male character in the play, Nanabush. There exists two realities, and Zhaboonigan does not want to mix the two because she does not want all to know about her traumatic experience.
6. Identify the most theatrical moment in the play and of what importance it seems to be.
The Bingo Game is the most theatrical part of the entire play. The women work up to this moment by raising money through other theatrical moments, but the bingo game itself is the most theatrical. This is the moment that defines the women and the play. The pulling of the colorful balls demands the attention of the audience. Also, lest we not forget how the audience participates in this integral scene. The audience is pulled into the show, and the theatrics breaks the fourth wall. This was a major shift in the story and also proclaims the characters have reached their goal.
7. List some of the themes of the play.
8. What does the chief character want and what are some obstacles that stand in the way of her getting what she wants?
Zhaboonigan wants freedom. She wants freedom to forget about that horrible event and assault. She is constantly fighting her own mind, because it is her mind that brings the event to the forefront of her thinking. She is unable to forget. Also, she faces conflict and obstacles from the other characters. She feels as though people could judge her for wanting to forget it or become her own person This makes her feel conflicted and confined. Furthermore, Zhaboonigan must defy society as she fights to be the person she wants to be. She faces obstacles created by all of society, and all the women must defy social norms as they take charge in a "man's world."
9. Describe some possible images in the play and how does the title help us understand the play.
There exists in this place a living image. Nanabush acts as a living image in the play. He constantly takes on new personas, and he interacts with the women as they finish their quest to make it to bingo. The personas he takes on influences every scene the women are in. The shifting characters also showcase the women and the development software all their persons. They are becoming new people, and the new personas of Nanabush are revealing how the Rez Sisters are changing too.
10. Briefly define the family relationships that are examined in the play.
The idea of family is redefined in the play. The role of family is played by the women for each other. The play's title details this relationship. The women are as close as sisters. Their friendships and bonds run deep, and they feel as though are part of a larger family. I believe this bond is felt by others not he reservation.The reservation can be a tight knit community, and the women learn to accept each other for who they are. Thus, they are able to become close and turn into a family. They have similar wants and fears, but they all share the desire to explore and defy norms.